Eugenie Bouchard may have made tennis history at Wimbledon this week, but that monumental achievement wasn’t what media at a post-match news conference were eager to discuss with the 20-year-old.

Following Bouchard’s semifinal win Thursday, the Quebec native who has inspired a nation was instead asked whether she thinks pop star Justin Bieber is aware that she’s the first tennis player from Canada to reach a Grand Slam title match.

“I hope so,” she said with a smile. “I’m putting in so much hard work. I want to see this hard work rewarded.”

A follow up question was then lobbed: “So he’s not been in touch, then?”

“You know,” Bouchard said, going along with the joke , “he’s kind of been in trouble recently so…I’m not associated with that at the moment. But, you know, if he cleans up his image. …”

The discussion was framed as follow up to a controversial question put to Bouchard after she won her quarter-final match the Australian Open in January. During an on-court interview, the rising tennis star was asked who she’d like to go out on a date with — and she quickly gave Bieber’s name. (He responded by sending a tweet wishing her good luck.)

Regarded by most as a sexist line of inquiry (even the on court reporter appeared bashful about it) Bouchard also took that incident in stride, later claiming that she wasn’t bothered because it was entertainment for her fans.

Bouchard, who will face Petra Kvitova of the Czech Republic in Saturday’s final at the All England Club, was also asked Thursday whether Bieber might be Royal Box “material” at Centre Court, where actors and singers mix with sports stars and monarchs.

“He’s not?” Bouchard said. “They really wouldn’t allow him in the Royal Box if he came? I feel like he would manage to get himself in there somehow.”

It’s important to note that Bouchard’s fellow Canadian Wimbledon contender Milos Raonic was spared such questioning.